Commodities

The president listed rare earths as a priority for the U.S. in its dealing with China on Sunday.

Monday, William Blair analyst Neal Dingmann launched coverage of USA Rare Earth with the equivalent of a Buy rating. He doesn’t have a price target for shares.

MP surged earlier this week as tensions between the U.S. and China escalated after Beijing tightened export controls on certain rare earth materials

More credit “cockroaches” could be lurking at banks, Oracle fights low-margin cloud claims, U.S. and China still open to talks on trade, and more news to start your day.

Rare earths players were mixed Thursday, after a volatile week for the sector.

The Canadian miner’s CFO and five company directors sold shares on Oct. 8 and Oct. 9 after the stock had soared.

A big international trade is conducted in cooking oil. But this isn’t about the oil you put into your kitchen fryer.

A sector rally intensified late last week after Trump said the U.S. would hit back against China's new export restrictions on rare-earth minerals.

Copper prices are up this year but they’ve lagged the spike in gold and other precious metals. That may soon change.

The sector rally was prompted by escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. would retaliate against China over export controls. 

There are precious few pure ways for investors interested in playing water trends.

The yellow metal only recently passed its 1980 peak in inflation-adjusted terms. Fears about the dollar and inflation could push the price higher.

The white metal is up 67.5% this year, outpacing the rally in gold.

Political turmoil and interest-rate cuts ought to carry on boosting the precious metal, which is already headed for its best year since 1979.

The cartel is hiking its crude output, but by less than some market participants had expected.

Oil rose after OPEC+ said it would boost production by 137,000 barrels in November, while Bitcoin briefly rose above $125,000.

Lithium Americas is surging on plans for the Department of Energy to take a 5% stake in the company and a 5% stake in its Thacker Pass lithium mining project.

BofA is “sufficiently confident” that risks following September’s fatal mining accident are priced in.

Companies are building many facilities at a time of rising supply-chain inflation.

Benchmark oil prices have slumped this year as the OPEC+ cartel bids to win back market share.

USA Rare Earth rises after it announces plans to buy U.K.-based maker of rare earth alloys.

The nation’s gold storage closets are holding some pretty valuable metals.

Silver has advanced 24% over the last three months, almost doubling gold’s advance.

Drone attacks on Russian refineries are curbing output. Sizing up the impact on U.S. refiners.